PRO SE­CRETS

Work with the whole im­age

It’s a good idea to work on the il­lus­tra­tion as a whole – it’s easy to get stuck in de­tails. Re­mem­ber to zoom out and check ev­ery now and then that the area where you’re cur­rently work­ing fits both in colour bal­ance, style and con­trast with the rest of the im­age. If you’re not happy with some­thing, redo it in­stead of try­ing to fix it. It can ac­tu­ally take less time and you learn more, too.